In August of the 19th year of Wanli, autumn was getting thicker and the forest was covered with frost.
A large number of Huqi are camping here by the Great Wall south of Yinshan Mountain.
Among them, the leader Zhonglitu looked at the endless stretch of the Great Wall and the cannons lined up on the wall. He sighed and said to Kuaibai:
"The advancement of firearms is really a fatal blow to those of us who make a living as nomads. In the past, we could have turned the Han people into our slaves, but now it is impossible and we can only cooperate with them. , and even have to submit to their nobles!"
"There's nothing we can do about it, but at least it's better than letting us Meng people become slaves to their Han people."
"This way we can at least maintain our own customs. Otherwise, once we become their slaves, if we want to get rid of our status as slaves, we will have to accept Chineseization and forget our origins!"
Kuaibai said and looked at Litu: "Taiji! As the Han people say, the world is now a battle between the old and the new. No matter the Mongols, Jurchens, Goryeo and others, they will be involved in this battle."
"Because the emperor of the Zhu family was taught badly by his teacher! He became the leader of a new party! But he was also the emperor of the entire Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of the Han people, they all said that the most upright country is the Ming Dynasty. He, the Ming Emperor, wanted to recommend him New rituals, it is easy for the so-called new rituals to become popular and stir up a huge storm, so that we Meng people are also swept into it!"
"The Tumut tribe on the other side of the naturalization have begun to be bribed by them with huge profits, and they have begun to actively kill people of their own clan, and even followed the expedition to Dongyi and Xiyi. There are only Tumut people whose bones are buried overseas. Thousands of them!"
"So, like the Han people, we also need to have our own opinions on this dispute between the old and the new, and we must also understand the interests and interests behind this dispute between the old and the new."
“The battle between old and new.”
"Did we Mengren get involved as well?"
Zhuli Rabbit murmured a few words, then turned to look at Kuai Bai:
"Then I would like to ask the general to tell His Highness King Qing that I from Hetao Mongolia are willing to surrender to His Highness King Qing and be driven by him, but please ask him to make me the King of Ningxia. In the future, I am willing to rule Ningxia for him forever!"
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"Promise him!"
"In the future, when the time comes, the generals will take over the world on behalf of King Qing, so there is no need to compete with him for fame."
After Cao Zideng learned about the conditions of the rabbit from Kuaibai, he started talking.
He bowed his head and said: "But now that all the troops and horses are gathered together, there cannot be no unification. It is better for King Qing to establish himself as the supervisor of the country as soon as possible and grant me an official title so that I can command all the troops and horses and recruit new soldiers."
Cao Zideng glanced at him and nodded.
Therefore, on the seventh day of the eighth lunar month in Wanli, King Qing ascended the throne, established himself as the supervisor of the country, established Yuan Shaode, and appointed Cao Zideng as the great scholar of Zhongji Palace, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the Minister of the Ministry of War. He was granted the title of King Jing and concurrently The general who governs the country, Jilitu is the king of Ningxia.
At the same time, King Qing also appointed other powerful officials who had surrendered to him as officials.
After Kuaibai obtained the title of king, he officially began to recruit soldiers and horses, and in one breath he recruited more than 20,000 ordinary Mongolian soldiers.
The ordnance used was funded by Cao Zideng, governor of Ningxia, who opened the vassal treasury.
After Kuaibai obtained these soldiers and horses, he specially called a group of officers who were granted the title of Wanhu and Qianhu to teach him: "Go back and tell the brothers, why do we need to be like beggars and ask for alms from other Han people?" To make a living? As a nation of horses, we should hold knives and ride on horses to rob! Instead of wagging our tails and begging for mercy, like dogs, and even relying on Han people as slaves in order to have enough food!"
Before this, the Mongolians inside were indeed receiving alms from the Han people and living off the porridge and rice relief provided by the Ming Dynasty. Some of them directly participated in paid labor, and some, like Kuaibai, joined the army because of their bravery and proficiency in fighting. Here, they became soldiers, and many of them actually joined the wealthy Han families as slaves.
All this is because the economic environment of the Mongolian people is getting worse and worse, while the economic environment of the Han people is getting better and better. Therefore, the Mongolian people will have to rely on the Han people to survive.
Of course, many Meng people will still grab it directly.
Those who chose to rob directly were naturally the Mongolian nobles, after all, they had the military strength.
On the contrary, it is difficult for ordinary Mongolian people to have this strength.
But even if ordinary Mongols have been completely Sinicized and trained to become farmers or citizens, most of the unsinicized people still want to grab whatever they can.
Therefore, Kuai Bai's words are naturally very inflammatory.
The Mongols, who had seen how wealthy the Han people were, were different from later generations. With their current level of civilization, they indeed wanted to plunder more.
As a result, these Mongolian people were encouraged.
More and more captives gathered outside the Huama Pond, and many were already ready to move, looking at the Huama Pond with gleaming eyes.
There are actually many Meng people inside and outside Huamachi City.
For the same reason mentioned before, there are a lot of Mongols inside, not just in Ningxia City.
Natural and man-made disasters forced many ordinary Mongolians to migrate to the Great Wall.
Wan Shide once helped hundreds of thousands of Mongols in Ningxia and avoided a major turmoil.
But now, after Wan Shide saw the dense crowd of prisoners appearing outside, he issued an order and said to General Xiao Ruxun:
"Drive out all the Mongols in the city who are taller than a wheel! Even if there are Han people as guarantees, we must drive them out! Anyone who refuses to comply will be shot without mercy!"
"Isn't this too inhumane?"
"After all, many Mongolian people in the city have become accustomed to living here, and many have even married ordinary Han people, or have become slaves of wealthy families."
Xiao Ruxun replied.
Wan Shide said in a deep voice: "The general should understand that kindness does not govern soldiers, and righteousness does not govern wealth!"
"This is a war now, not disaster relief. The nature has changed. I would rather let all the Mongolians in the city suffer unreasonable disasters than allow the possibility of deceitful people in the city!"
"Then I understand, but regardless of their life or death, will we force these driven-out Meng people to become our enemies?"
Xiao Ruxun asked and said: "Why don't I send cavalry, escort them out of the city to dig trenches, give them some grain and rice, and let the prisoners come and kill them."
Wan Shide nodded.
So, Xiao Ruxun really started to send troops to drive away the Mongols in the city.
"What are you doing! This is my new slave, you can't take him away!"
When Xiao Ruxun's general, General Xue Cheng, led his troops to a large household in the city and began to take Yimeng away, the head of the large household stopped him.
After hearing this, Xuecheng pulled out his sword and said, "Then let him die!"
Seeing this, the head of the wealthy family kept silent, and then watched helplessly as the newly purchased slave, Meng Ren, was taken away.
"We're not leaving! We're not leaving!"
At the same time, several Mongolian people working in the city refused to leave, but they all became honest after the officers and soldiers drew their swords and threatened them.
But because of this, some Mongolians suddenly came to kill the officers and soldiers who wanted to arrest them with knives, and one of them went directly to the Shenjiang Yamen to kill them.
"Killing Xiao Ruxun and leaving them leaderless is worthy of the general!"
While a group of Mongolian people rushed to the General Office, the leader of the Mongolian people also gave such instructions.
Bang bang!
But at this time, gunshots suddenly sounded loudly around the Shenjiang Yamen.
It turned out that Xiao Ruxun had prepared the officers and soldiers in advance, so the officers and soldiers suddenly appeared, formed a formation to surround them, and suppressed them with firecrackers.
These Mongols were all shot to death on the spot.
Several people fell directly on the steps of Shenjiang Yamen. Blood flowed down the steps and soon gathered into a trickle.
That night, Xiao Ruxun came to Wan Shide and looked at the Meng people who were still being escorted out of the city one after another and said:
"Sure enough, there is an insider. If they are not from my race, they must have different intentions! It is in vain that we spent so much food and rice to help them and take them in. These captives still want to steal the wealth of my city."
"Take this opportunity to tell the Han people in the city that the Taolu have decided to break through Huamachi and massacre the city. No men, women, old or young will be left behind! But the imperial court has sent reinforcements, so please don't worry. As long as we hold on together, we will Once the reinforcements arrive, we will be safe!"
"Then now distribute all the ordnance in the warehouse, but the daily supply of grain and rice must be limited! Therefore, all grain shops are taken over by the government!"
Wan Shide ordered.
Xiao Ruxun raised his hands and said yes.
Here, Kuai Bai said to Li Tu during the day: "This Wan Shi De is a Bodhisattva. As soon as he arrived in Shaanxi to take office, he generously provided relief to the disaster-stricken people in Huamachi, making the situation look like it was going to turn into a large-scale humiliation. The incident of robbery turned into a good government for disaster relief, and I also took advantage of this to arrange hundreds of capable Mongolians to disguise themselves as disaster victims and sneak in, bribe them as servants, and if an army is raised in the future, they will become internal responders, so now To attack the Huama Pond, there is no need to make a tentative attack. After the formation is completed, directly press forward and attack the city. When the time comes, there will be internal support to take over the Huama Pond and capture Wan Shide and Xiao Ruxun alive. "
"So, we really don't need Cao Ge's old-fashioned artillery?"
asked the Rabbit.
Kuaibai said: "No need! When he brings the cannon, the reinforcements will be closer to the back cover. Then there will be no chance to attack other key passes."
After hearing this, Zhulitu agreed with Kuaibai to launch a general attack on Huamachi three days later, when the entire army was assembled.
Before the Tianshun Dynasty, the entire Huamachi City was located outside the Xingwu Camp built in the second year of Zhengtong. After the Tianshun Dynasty, the city was built inside the Xingwu Camp, and side walls and passes were added. That is, the Great Wall Pass, while the city is wide from east to west and narrow from north to south, so the entire city is particularly long and narrow. There is Xingwu Camp in the east, Yanchi Fort in the west, Liu Castle in the north, and Anding Fort in the south.
The city was built with bricks, and since Wanli came to the throne, it has been reinforced a lot, with several high platforms and more than ten heavy cannons added.
Now, the Ming army forced the Mongols to dig several trenches outside.
Therefore, three days later, when Kuaibai and other bandits came to attack various castles, they were blocked outside several trenches on the spot, and then they were intensively bombarded by the Ming army's artillery. There were countless corpses on the spot, and they were completely decomposed.
Kuaibai looked at several trenches and the Meng people on both sides of the trenches in a daze.
Zhuli Rabbit's face became even darker and he ordered: "Withdraw!"
(End of chapter)
